Release Dates: Mid-Late August

Database Changes & Updates

• Upon adding an “End Date” to a group record, a trigger will now update all group participants setting their “End Date” to the same date when that group participant’s end date was empty or set in the future.
• Slight modifications to the check-in system search results:
  • Attended mode will now show the Contact and Household ID numbers
  • Future group participants will not show in the results.
  • LocalTime of the server will be used instead of local time of workstations to avoid Firefox related issues.
• New configuration settings were added to make certain reports and views easier to configure.
  • SSRS:  GivingLevel: Giving Levels will answer questions like "How many donors gave at this level between two dates?”. You should have at least 2 levels, but more are acceptable. Change the values to suit your church.
  • SSRS: UnassignedDonorID: This is the Donor_ID value of the donor record used for donations that cannot be assigned to a real donor because there is not enough information to create or match a new donor record.
  • SSRS: CurrentProgramFilters: Set to "yes" to ensure report filters (parameters) for certain giving reports like “Donation Analysis” will list only current programs. Yes/No values only. 
  • SERVICES:  WeeklyPromotionByUpdate: Set to yes and weekly promotion will only change the group in which a child is listed. Set to no and the current group will be end-dated and an entirely new group participant record will be created in the new group. Yes/No values only.
  • COMMON: CutoverDate: The date your organization started to use MinistryPlatform. Input date in the following format: mm/dd/yyyy.
• Various views were updated to take advantage of the configuration values.
• Room_ID and Group_ID have been added to the Event Participant record. Over time various applications will update values to these fields to provide additional historical information about attendance.
• A routine will run with other weekly routines to assign Room and Group—when possible-- to recent event participant records.
• The inactivate tool is now available on the participant's page.
• Modified the “Users with Security Roles” view on the user's page to omit Think Ministry Inc. user accounts.
• Added “Invoice Number” to the default field list of the Payments Page.
• Programs.Statement_Header is now a required field.
• Contacts.Bulk_Email_Opt_Out is consistent across all customers.
• Promotion-related fields were added to the Groups page for the handful of churches that did not already have these.

Reports Updated

• Various Donor Statement reports were improved so that:
  • Names printed on statements above the address are consistent for multi-page statements.
  • The male head of house name comes first consistently.
  • Improved Capital Campaign recap for multiple donor statements
• Selected Household Facts:
  • Added Contact Log entries for all household members.
  • Deployed the report to all pages where a contact record is directly or indirectly available.
• Process Selected Payments: Added Invoice Number.
• Donation Analysis (group by account number, appending account number to program name)
• Selected Contact Household Donations: Added more filters, more output options, and the ability to include soft credit donations.
• Selected Donor Donation Listing: Added more filters, improved multi-select for programs.

New Reports

• Donors page: Giving Band Analysis. Leverage the new “GivingBand” configuration settings values to see facts about giving by donors based upon their level of giving between two dates.
• Donors page: Giving Band Export. Leverage the new “GivingBand” configuration settings values to export summary data about donors based upon their level of giving between two dates.
• Groups page: Groups Selected Parent Email List. Export the names and emails for the heads of household for selected groups.  Print a distinct list of email addresses or a list for each group member including the class to which they will be promoted.